National Math Websites

NY State based National Math Advocacy Organization: NYCHOLD

"We are a national nonpartisan advocacy organization that provides parents, K-12 educators, mathematicians and scientists, and others information resources and networking opportunities to support systemic improvements in the quality of mathematics education in our nation's schools."

"We are a non-partisan advocacy group of parents, educators, and community members who are working to ensure that Washington State mathematics education standards, curriculum, and assessments are coherent, academically focused, rigorous and comparable to those of top performing nations in the world."

The web site is devoted to the concerns raised by parents and scientists about the invasion of our schools by the New-New Mathand the need to restore basic skills to math education. Concerned parents are in a state of dismay and have begun efforts to restore content, rigor, and genuinely high expectations to mathematics education. This site provides relevant background and information for parents, teachers, board members and the public from around the country.

Illinois Loop:"The Illinois Loop is an organization of parents, teachers, school board members, and others working to restore academic substance and effective teaching methods into schools."

Indiana Education Online - discussion forum and list of links regarding education issues in Indiana, some in favor of educational reforms, and others in favor of the status quo.

Iowa: Parents for Evidence Based Education is "a nonpartisan, grassroots organization with the belief that education policy should be instituted based on high quality, mainstream, relevant research, rather than by the unsubstantiated 'beliefs,' 'philosophies' and 'ideas' that guide our current system."

NYC HOLD: "We are a national nonpartisan advocacy organization that provides parents, k-12 educators, mathematicians, scientists, and others information, resources and networking opportunities to support systemic improvements in the quality of mathematics education in our nation's schools."

Utah's Math Future"This site has a single purpose, to show support for a major moonshot in the state of Utah and to create a system that is second to none in educating our children in math. Math is the subject that more than any other, teaches the thinking skills our children need"

Where's the Math? "We are a non-partisan advocacy group of parents, educators, and community members who are working to ensure that Washington State mathematics education standards, curriculum, and assessments are coherent, academically focused, rigorous and comparable to those of top performing nations in the world."

PRESS: Parents Raising Educational Standards -- This respected Milwaukee group started by Leah Vukmir has had a tremendous impact upon schools in their city and suburbs. The website has a great deal of information of general use, though it has not had much of an update since Leah was elected to the Wisconsin legislature in 2002.